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Hi all. I have a Vostro 200 Mini Tower with 300 watt power supply. Here link to general spec
My spec is:
Intel core 2 duo E6550@2.33GHz(socket 775 LGA)
The motherboard is Dell model 0CU409(G33/G31/P35 Express Chipset)
2x1GB DDR2 PC2-5300(333MHz)
Nvidia Geforce 8300 GS with 128MB
320GB HDD
DVD+/- rewiter
Misc. usb for mouse, keyboard, 1Gb(for memory boost) and earphone jack also case has an extra fan running
Note the motherboard is micro-ATX with 2 PCI slots, 1 PCIE and 1 PCIE x16 and is a modified Foxcom G33M02 for Dell.
These are some of what people recommend for an upgrade:
9600 GT
8800 GT
HD3850
HD4650
HD4670
Note: I think some of these card need PCIE secondary power connector. Not sure if my power supply come with it.
1)There are people who say none of these is recommended because of the power supply while some say Dell power supply are underrated(not sure if this is true) so its ok to upgrade to any of those cards. So basically mix idea not sure which is true.
2)And some say eeven if you can upgrade those cards there will be bottleneck. How do we know if there is a bottleneck?
3)Will the motherboard even support(handle) any of these card. How can we find out?
4)So any one know what is the highest graphic card that I can upgrade to for vostro 200? Or better yet a list/link of graphic card that vostro 200 can handle.
Thanks for the help.
My spec is:
Intel core 2 duo E6550@2.33GHz(socket 775 LGA)
The motherboard is Dell model 0CU409(G33/G31/P35 Express Chipset)
2x1GB DDR2 PC2-5300(333MHz)
Nvidia Geforce 8300 GS with 128MB
320GB HDD
DVD+/- rewiter
Misc. usb for mouse, keyboard, 1Gb(for memory boost) and earphone jack also case has an extra fan running
Note the motherboard is micro-ATX with 2 PCI slots, 1 PCIE and 1 PCIE x16 and is a modified Foxcom G33M02 for Dell.
These are some of what people recommend for an upgrade:
9600 GT
8800 GT
HD3850
HD4650
HD4670
Note: I think some of these card need PCIE secondary power connector. Not sure if my power supply come with it.
1)There are people who say none of these is recommended because of the power supply while some say Dell power supply are underrated(not sure if this is true) so its ok to upgrade to any of those cards. So basically mix idea not sure which is true.
2)And some say eeven if you can upgrade those cards there will be bottleneck. How do we know if there is a bottleneck?
3)Will the motherboard even support(handle) any of these card. How can we find out?
4)So any one know what is the highest graphic card that I can upgrade to for vostro 200? Or better yet a list/link of graphic card that vostro 200 can handle.
Thanks for the help.